chap. 22 - Duck Hunting

"Matatabi, it's a pleasure to meet you" I introduce myself to the two chaps in our mental space.

"I feel the same, thanks for the help there. Yugito almost died." she tells me thankfully.

"No need for that Matatabi, I had already promised Isobu and Kurama that I would help. Too bad I can't help everyone, but I will help the ones I can." I tell her as we are sitting down.

"I have an idea to fool his pursuers, the same idea I used with Isobu. I asked him to leave a small part of his self and chakra where he was reborn, to throw off the Akatsuki."

"Whether it worked or not, I can't tell, but from what he can sense, his other part is as strong as it could be, meaning there is almost no difference between them."

"And how did you come up with that idea kid?" a disgruntled Matatabi asks me.

"Well, I got the idea from Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. He split Kurama into 2. Then I figured that the bijus themselves could do that to themselves and Isobu confirmed it. So I presented the plan to him and here we are."

"That explains why Isobu is not so lazy or cranky." Matatabi teases Isobu.

"Exactly sister. I split differently than they did with Kurama, so they wouldn't see the difference. I left 70% Yang and 30% Yin in my counter part, so almost no one notices and I don't become or he becomes another creature."

"And why are you telling me this?" she curiously asks.

"Because Akatsuki won't stop hunting the bijus, they want to resurrect the 10 tails to take over the world, or so they say. But by trapping them in the Gedõ, you will die when the Jubi is reborn."

"So my idea is to let them take only half, thinking they are taking the whole, and so when they believe they can win the war, they will get a surprise." I finish looking at her, waiting for her decision.

"But I can't separate while I'm in the junchuriki, if I do, Yugito dies." she is really sad about that hypothesis.

"I would just need to extract you for a while so you can split, then I will seal you into Yugito again, what we need to do is have an equal body of Yugito to be given as dead, and you as free."

"Then all the Junchurikis would hide, and when the war breaks out, and Jubi is awakened, we show up as reinforcement."

"I'll top your idea, but we need to talk to Yugito, so she's aware of the problems that might happen." she retorts calmly.

"Don't worry, I made a vitality seal on Yugito while doing the bandages, so she can last longer when you are out of the seal and not die on the spot." I explain to her.

"I will ask Isobu to pass on my memories to you, so you will understand everything better, but please don't say anything to anyone else. If the secret gets out somehow, we will all be hunted down and killed with no chance of salvation." I finish speaking and leave the mental area.

As soon as Isobu finished going through my memories of the other life of the Naruto anime, the parts I remembered of course, "Isobu, does Kokuo like your jinchuriki? Can you ask her? If the answer is yes, explain the plan, and see if she's on board."

Not long after, Yugito wakes up from her necessary rest, talks to Matatabi, who fully explains the plan to her, and she accepts, but she doesn't want someone else to die in her place, until we explain to her, that I will use my wooden clone at the time of death, so that not a trace of her is left to be "used later".

She accepts and I receive confirmation from Isobu that Han and Kokuo will also participate.

Thus begins the duck hunt.

Close to where I felt the presence of Hidan and Kakuzu, Yugito and I begin a mock battle, not only to draw their attention but also that of some border ninjas, who are from Kumo.

After what seemed like an easy battle for the jinchuriki the surprise came. I sealed his chakra and with more than 500 explosive seals, I ended his existence. This caused even Hidan to shiver.

I teleported from there, and took real Yugito to an island near the extinct Uzushiogakure, where she can live quietly until war time.

Of course, I also left a sensor seal, which works like radar, but based on elemental energy, so I can find the Zetsus in case they show up there. Difficult, since the island has always been completely uninhabited, and it's not very big.

The next step was Han, in which I used the same trick, but with a few differences, I made the fight take place near the rain village, where Pain and Konan saw the death of the jinchuriki and the dissipation of the biju chakra.

Now they would have to follow the chakra to see where it would be reborn. One common point I asked them to do is to be reborn near their old land, where the jinchurikis lived, to throw them off in case Zetsu finds the hiding place.

My trick with Gaara would be a little different, since with him, I would do in addition to the vitality seal, I would do the hideout seal, which is the same as mine.

My seal works without connecting the vitality of the biju with that of the jinchuriki, meaning that even if it is extracted, the jinchuriki doesn't die, and with the hide seal, the biju can keep a small part of it hidden from extraction.

That's what I did when I released Kokuo and Matatabi, broke the rotten seal they made and left them with the hidden seal. That way, even if something goes wrong, everyone will be okay. Hopefully.

The next one was Chomei, the troublesome duo Chomei and Fu gave me a little trouble at first, but they understood the risks and the gravity of the problem when I showed them my memories.

The problem starts there, when I showed Fu my memories with the excuse that they were future visions, she thought that I fell in love with her, so I was helping her to save herself.

I won't lie, I think she is one of the most beautiful girls in the anime, but falling in love was kind of heavy.

So after Fu's fight and "death", she started following me.

Another 2 months went by and it was 1 month before Naruto returned and the trouble started.

Over time, I became attached to the girl and unconsciously, I ended up liking her.

Yes, it turned out that she is so captivating and sometimes so innocent that she confused a feeling of caring as a brother with passion. After I explained this to her and she understood, we literally became brothers.

So I took her to the island, where she met Han and Yugito and gained two new friends. I exchanged the seal for the one we used and returned to Konoha.

Thus ends my duck hunt.